Asus M5A97

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	13.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	40.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A97 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	6.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '19 at 07:11
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 942, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 56.4 2-Core 114 56% 86.7 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 227 30% 227 Pts	64-Core 226 14% 226 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460 v2 664 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 2329) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 997 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Lighting 16.7 Reflection 19.8 Parallax 15 14% 17.1 fps	MRender 20 Gravity 17.4 Splatting 16.6 14% 18 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD G3 S eries 120GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.3. SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 65 78 59 68 64 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 127 Write 98.3 Mixed 131 SusWrite 67.6 24% 106 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 21.9 90% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 83.7 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 104 76% 98.4 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 54%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 161GB free Firmware: GM4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 87 Write 85 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 76.4 54% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	34.8% Below average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 13 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 9.2 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical M5A97 Builds (Compare 317 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 32%

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Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A97 - $89

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	52x
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	43x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	16x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	11x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x

RAM
16GBUnknownBench 41%, 70,565 samples	133x
8GBUnknownBench 34%, 82,857 samples	86x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	31x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $495

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16